Abstract
Stemettes and its supporters marched across London’s iconic Waterloo Bridge – the ‘Ladies Bridge’ – on Monday 13 February 2023 to raise awareness about women in STEM. A new survey, commissioned by Stemettes, found that 1 in 3 young people haven’t or don’t remember being taught about a woman scientist highlighting the need for better gender representation in the UK STEM curriculum. Waterloo Bridge is often referred to as the ‘Ladies Bridge’ due to the undocumented contribution of female construction workers at the time the bridge was rebuilt in the 1930s. More than 150 young girls, women and non-binary people came together on the bridge to walk over the iconic structure and take part in a reception at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Find out what the IET is doing to make the world of STEM more diverse and inclusive: https://www.theiet.org/about/vision-and-strategy/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/'
